Hundreds of demonstrators gathered outside the U.S. consulate in Edinburgh on Saturday (July 26) to protest President Donald Trump's visit to Scotland.

Protesters listened to speeches and held signs and placards criticising Trump. The demonstration took place on the same day as Trump played golf on his Turnberry course on the western coast of Scotland.

"I'm very much against everything that Trump stands for and what he's doing in America," one of the protesters, Louise McSorley, said.

"It's just to to send a signal that there are the majority of the people in the world don't agree with what he's doing," Gabriele Negro, an Italian who works at the University of Edinburgh, said of Trump's immigration policies and stance on Gaza.

The U.S. President arrived in Scotland on Friday (July 25), with hundreds of people on hand to watch the arrival in Glasgow of Air Force One, the presidential aircraft.

Trump will travel in coming days to his property near Aberdeen, where he will open a second course named after his mother, Mary Anne MacLeod, who was born and raised on a Scottish island before emigrating to the United States.

Trump also told reporters on arriving that he will meet British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.

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EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND, UNITED KINGDOM (JULY 26, 2025) (REUTERS - Access all)

1. VARIOUS OF PROTESTER PLAYING BAGPIPES

2. VARIOUS OF PROTESTERS WITH FLAGS AND BANNERS

3. PROTESTER HOLDING BANNER READING (English): 'FELON 47 NOT WELCOME HERE'

4. VARIOUS OF PROTESTER WITH BANNERS

5. CROWD OF PROTESTERS

6. (SOUNDBITE) (English) HR WORKER, LOUISE MCSORLEY, SAYING:

“I'm very much against everything that (U.S. President Donald) Trump stands for and what he's doing in America. So I want people to know, the Americans to know, that we are very much pro-them, their democracy, but we really want the lies, the falsehoods, the the racism, the fascism to stop. So that's why we're all demonstrating today."

7. (SOUNDBITE) (English) COMPANY DIRECTOR, SARAH (LAST NAME NOT GIVEN), SAYING:

"He (Trump) shouldn't be here, you know, we shouldn't give them airtime. You know, somebody like that who has those standards, I don't think he should be welcomed in this country."

8. PROTESTERS

9. (SOUNDBITE) (English) COMPANY DIRECTOR, SARAH (LAST NAME NOT GIVEN), SAYING:

"I'm here just to show my support for the people that think the same way as me and basically detest everything Donald Trump stands for. You sometimes wonder if, you know, protest works and people listen to it. But that's the only tool that we have for democracy and to show our dislike of Donald Trump basically, and what he stands for."

10. PROTESTER HOLDING SIGN READING (English): "Reject American fascism"

11. VARIOUS OF PROTESTER WITH SIGN

12. (SOUNDBITE) (English) ITALIAN WORKING AT THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH, GABRIELE NEGRO, SAYING:

"I'm an immigrant myself. I've come from Italy here to Scotland and I stand pretty much against everything that Trump does. And I think Scotland should reject Trump in a strong way because... just to to send a signal that there are the majority of the people in the world don't agree with what he's doing in terms of like the genocide in Palestine and the treatment of immigrants in the U.S. as well."

13. (SOUNDBITE) (English) CHARITY WORKER, KAT JONES, SAYING:

"When Donald Trump did open that golf course, that was about 15 years ago, he did a lot of damage to the local community and there was a huge amount of opposition. And Janey Godley (comedian who protested Trump in past) went out and said and said so. And it's something that I think that we haven't forgotten in Scotland."

14. VARIOUS OF PROTESTERS

15. PROTESTER HOLDING PHOTOGRAPH OF TRUMP WITH JEFFREY EPSTEIN

16. PROTESTER HOLDING INFLATABLE PENIS WITH WIG

17. VARIOUS OF PROTESTERS WITH SIGNS

18. PROTESTER WEARING T-SHIRT PRINTED WITH IMAGE OF TRUMP'S TWITTER PAGE BEING SUSPENDED

19. VARIOUS OF US CONSULATE BUILDING